The Alpine Menlo Pumas under-13 girls soccer team heads to Europe this summer. They will play in Holland and Germany and see a World Cup second-round game before competing in the Pitea Summer Games in Sweden.
This year the Pumas were Clovis Challenge Cup champions, Wine Country Classic finalists as well as semi-finalists in the NorCal State Cup (silver division).
The team is part of the Alpine Menlo Soccer Club, which includes teams for boys and girls from U9-U15 as well as an academy for younger players. For information, see alpinemenlosoccer.com.
In the photo, from left, are Cynthia Garcia, Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner, coach Christina Bell Gilmore, Emily Mosbacher, Evie Browne, Justine Dhollande, Lizzie Browne, Mackenzie Adamis, coach Cris Gilmore and Brianna Furner.
The touring team also includes (not shown): Sparky Barkmann, Lauren Espeseth, Taylor Groseclose, Sophie Koontz, Allison May, Hannah Norman, Rachel Rosensweig, Alex Schnabel, Darrah Shields and Stephanie Terpening.
Players are from Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside, Los Altos, Sunnyvale, San Carlos, Redwood City and Palo Alto.
